n. An apartment of much greater length than breadth, serving as a passage of communication between the different rooms of a building, or used for the reception of pictures, statues, armor, etc.; a corridor; a passage.n. Hence A room or building for the exhibition of works of art, or, by extension, a collection of such works for exhibition.n. A platform projecting from the interior walls of a building, supported by piers, pillars, brackets, or consoles, and overlooking the main floor, as in a church, theater, or public library.n. A narrow passage, open at least on one side, and often treated as a decorative feature, on the exterior or interior walls of an edifice, entering into the architectural design and at the same time affording communication between different parts, or facilities for keeping the building in repair.n. The persons occupying the gallery at a theater.n. An ornamental walk or inclosure in a garden, sometimes formed by trees or shrubs.n. An underground passage.n. In zoology, a long narrow excavation of any kind made by an animal, as the underground passages dug by a mole, the boring of an insect, etc.n. Nautical, a frame like a balcony projecting from the stern and quarters of a ship. The part at the stern is called the stern-gallery, that at the quarters the quarter-gallery.n. In furniture-making, a small ornamental parapet or railing running along the edge of the top of a table, shelf of a cabinet, or the like, intended to prevent objects from being pushed off.n. By extension, any company or group of interested spectators, as at a golf-match: a forced use.n. Specifically, in écarté, spectators who are betting on either player and are allowed to offer suggestions.n. A veranda; a piazza.n. In a lamp-burner, the ring which supports the lamp-shade.